Re: Gas prices
Still comes down to the fact that we are paying double what we were paying 6 years ago. And who had all those secret meetings with the Oil Execs before putting together an Energy Policy that clearly leans in the direction of the Corporations? So just be happy. And gasoline isn't gasoline until it has been refined. So the oil can be stored in rail cars, on ships, or in tanks. Or just left in the ground until the price goes up again after the election. I don't have all the answers, Texas, but I have been involved for a long time. Longer than I care to remember.
A US Congressman told me once that there are only two things politicians recognize. One is money and the other is votes. If the votes stay home, money runs the show. That is the reason K-Street has so much power. Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.
It is like my wife going shopping and coming home telling me she saved a lot of money cause she bought everything on sale. If she hadn't bought it at all she would have saved me money. So paying $2.00 for gasoline that use to cost $1.22 isn't exactly saving me money. Especially since our wages haven't gone up nor is there Cost of Living figured into pensions.
So I am glad I am not paying $3.00 a gallon, but I am not ecstatic about the fact that it went down to $2. 67.
Funny how this economy keeps growing while companies like Intel announces that another 10,000 people will join the ranks of the unemployed along with the 3,000 that have already been cut. Guess they can get a job with the government.
I ain't gettting into this again. The Land of Opportunity has turned into the land of hope you don't go bankrupt and have your house foreclosed. It is just a good thing we are so resilent as a nation.